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Show $ GREAT SAVING MADE BY TRUCKS. (,' Another Interesting tnick deal -was I closed In the past week by L. V. I Lynch and R. Harry Cronlngor of the tvSpeedwell Motor Car company of California Cal-ifornia when four six-ton trucks were . taken by the Calaveras Copper Mln- J i Ing company of Copperopolls. This 'ft ''deal was started. In February, and on m account of the character of the work J and the naturo of the roads tho offi- I - clals of tho Calaveras Mining company j hesitated In placing their orders un- i til their could he thoroughly satls- ' fled that Speedwell trucks would do thlB work. Mr. Trerlae, president of the copper company, made a visit to i Keddlc, Plumas county, to make a personal Investigation of the performance perform-ance of Speedwell trucks now being - H uaed by the Great Western Power I , company. Trorise was so Impressed - , with this work that the Speedwell Kj managers had no difficulty in closing ' i the contract, as tho work in Calaveras , county Is not nearly so severe as that k Fj lu Plumas county. The Calaveras Cop- Pw company was paying $3.60 per ton 1 for having copper ore hauled from ' Copperopolie to Milton, a distance of ' sixteen miles. With Speedwell slx- , ton trucks, this 1b now being handled j for about 80 cents a ton for the same i J .distance. The requirements of those six-ton I trucks are for carrying ore out and J, ,cll in, and Croninger has succeeded , , hi designing a very unique combina tion body to answer the purpose. The bodies are fitted with side discharg ing doors and an angular steel armored tank, 16 feet by 6 feet by 22 inches -s. r n'gn In the center. This provides a ,' .means of quickly discharging tho ore f through the side doprs and enables L f i FsJ3r the trucks to return to the mines with tho full tonnage of oil without changing chang-ing bodies. "The introduction of motor trucks for this class of work in the remote sections has aroused a great deal of Interest locally, and It is gratifying to note the attitude of the natives and ranchers toward the trucks," said Lynch. "We make It a special point to carefully instruct our drivers regarding re-garding the use of the roads and the absolutely necessary respoct of the rights of tho local people In all cases tho counties have taken an Interest In the matter to the extent of extra efforts to put the roads In good condition. con-dition. Two of the six-ton trucks were driven over the road and delivered deliv-ered Tuesday, and we expect to deliver de-liver the other two in about two weeks." San Francisco Chronicle. |